The Week Junior

"When you are young, you’re naturally curious about the world and everything in it. But the world seems made for grown-ups; complex and unknowable. That’s why we’ve created The Week Junior. It explains the news and events in ways that children understand; immediate, colourful, exciting. From news to nature, science to geography, and sport to books, The Week Junior explores an extraordinary array of topics from around the globe. Written to engage a young person’s point of view, without spoon-feeding or patronising, it explains events in a safe, accessible and inspiring way."

The big picture

Something worth talking about • Lost for words? Try starting a conversation with one of these questions, inspired by stories in this magazine.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

WORD OF THE WEEK

Editor’s note

Listen to it!

Success for cities cleaning up air

Warsaw leads the way

US wants help with the Strait of Hormuz

Video games ratings change

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Creating jobs for young people

Introducing V levels

A plan for more dentists

New life for unloved land

School’s welcoming cows

Wildlife to be on banknotes

Around the world

Should Parliament leave London? • Some people think the home of our Government should move.

Young fashion designer in Paris • Max Alexander has loved clothes since he was four.

Cook’s book of comfort

A super-fast drummer

THEY SAID IT!

Hedgehogs’ sonic superpower

Help your local hedgehogs

NATURE SPY • Listen out for the skylark’s song

Search is on for rare pink daffodils

ANIMAL OF THE WEEK

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Once upon a time in a land far, far away… • Step inside the weird and wonderful world of fairy tales.

When mammoths roamed Wales

What were mammoths like?

Photos of the week

Winter Paralympics closes

Meet Pickle

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

Connect with water • Blue spaces calm your thoughts and can help you focus.

Make the most of water

Protect blue spaces

A secret school for crooks • Dive into the world of Crookhaven, where young thieves learn to use their talents for good.

Crookhaven creator

More fantasy schools on screen

Prizes for not-so-good films

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

5 more books set in hotels • If you like the sound of Scare B’n’B, try out the brilliant books on this list as well.

Scare B’n’B

WIN! • We’re giving away five copies of Scare B’n’B

Catherine Doyle • The author on ghosts, story ideas and haunted castles.

READERS RECOMMEND

An awesome poetry book • Joshua Seigal talks about his passion for poems.

BOOK BITES

ON MY SHELF

All creatures great and small • As the weather warms up, a new podcast will inspire you to explore the wildlife around you.

GAME OF THE WEEK

PODCAST OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Try signing with Makaton • Practise using Makaton with George Webster.

That’s unbelievable!

Puzzles

The green web

TEACHER OF THE WEEK

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

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Quiz of the week

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